The Forgotten Man and Other Essays


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Sumner's popular essays were to give him a wider audience to distribute his anti-imperialism, his advocacy of free markets and the gold standard. He also had a long term influence over modern American conservatism. This is the final collection of his essays and is edited by Albert Galloway Keller. It concludes with The Forgotten Man where Sumner argued that, in his day, politics was being subverted by those proposing a "measure of relief for the evils which have caught public attention. (Summary by Michele Eaton ) (15 hr 9 min)

Chapters

Preface 8:01 Read by Chad Jackson
Protectionism the -Ism which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth (1885)Preface 3:43 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Protectionism the -Ism which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth (1885) Chapter 1 24:12 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Protectionism the -Ism which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth (1885) Chapter 2 P… 39:21 Read by madhushree
Protectionism the -Ism which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth (1885) Chapter 2 P… 22:57 Read by Immanuel Satya
Chapter 3 Part 1 Protectionism the -Ism which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth (… 33:07 Read by arbycoors
Chapter 3 Part 2 Protectionism the -Ism which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth (… 29:10 Read by arbycoors
Protectionism the -Ism which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth (1885) Chapter 4 P… 17:58 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Protectionism the -Ism which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth (1885) Chapter 4 P… 20:11 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Protectionism the -Ism which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth (1885) Chapter 5 10:06 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Tariff Reform (1888) 13:24 Read by Wayne Cooke
What is Free Trade (1886) 13:37 Read by mleigh
Protectionism Twenty Years After (1906) 17:33 Read by Allan R. Tate
Prosperity Strangled by Gold (1896) 11:59 Read by Allan R. Tate
Cause and Cure of Hard Times (1896) 14:37 Read by mleigh
The Free-Coinage Scheme is Impracticable at every Point (1896) 16:18 Read by mleigh
The Delusion of the Debtors (1896) 15:43 Read by mleigh
The Crime of 1873 (1896) 12:25 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
A Concurrent Circulation of Gold and Silver (1878) Part 1 21:39 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
A Concurrent Circulation of Gold and Silver (1878) Part 2 23:29 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
The Influence of Commercial Crises on Opinions about Economic Doctrines (1879) … 21:55 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
The Influence of Commercial Crises on Opinions about Economic Doctrines (1879) … 20:01 Read by Steve Knox
The Philosophy of Strikes (1883) 21:13 Read by mleigh
Strikes and the Industrial Organization (1887) 6:40 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Trusts and Trades-unions (1888) 10:00 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
An Old “Trust” (1889) 7:10 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Shall Americans Own Ships? (1881) 20:47 Read by Steve Knox
Politics in America, 1776–1876 (1876) Part 1 30:59 Read by Kerry Adams
Politics in America, 1776–1876 (1876) Part 2 33:38 Read by Kerry Adams
Politics in America, 1776–1876 (1876) Part 3 32:15 Read by Kerry Adams
Politics in America, 1776–1876 (1876) Part 4 35:11 Read by Kerry Adams
The Administration of Andrew Jackson (1880) Part 1 32:07 Read by Dave Capper
The Administration of Andrew Jackson (1880) Part 2 28:19 Read by Dave Capper
The Commercial Crisis of 1837 (1877 or 1878) Part 1 25:47 Read by Andrew Huguelet
The Commercial Crisis of 1837 (1877 or 1878) Part 2 27:25 Read by Andrew Huguelet
The Science of Sociology (1882) 12:52 Read by Leslie Frank
Integrity in Education 25:18 Read by Kazbek
Discipline 37:55 Read by Leslie Frank
The Coöperative Commonwealth Part 1 14:33 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
The Coöperative Commonwealth Part 2 18:47 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
The Forgotten Man (1883) Part 1 24:44 Read by Wayne Cooke
The Forgotten Man (1883) Part 2 25:46 Read by Wayne Cooke
The Forgotten Man (1883) Part 3 26:16 Read by Wayne Cooke